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Sojan Joseph

Labour Ashford

Voting record

6
Voted for
2
Voted against
1
Didn’t vote

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

See Sojan Joseph’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Every Commons division on file for Sojan Joseph — amendments, motions and opposition-day votes as well as bills. Took part in 552 of 590 (94%).

4 Sep 2026 Motion to sit in private Ayes 1, Noes 79 no vote recorded
7 Jul 2026 Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners Ayes 115, Noes 0 no vote recorded
15 Jun 2026 Royal Albert Hall Bill [Lords]: Revival Ayes 24, Noes 37 no vote recorded
7 Jan 2026 Opposition Day: Rural communities Ayes 105, Noes 332 no vote recorded
7 Jan 2026 Opposition Day: Jury trials Ayes 182, Noes 290 no vote recorded
9 Dec 2025 UK-EU customs union (duty to negotiate): Ten Minute Rule Motion Ayes 100, Noes 100 no vote recorded
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 Ayes 255, Noes 128 no vote recorded
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 Ayes 254, Noes 135 no vote recorded
29 Oct 2025 European Convention on Human Rights (withdrawal): Ten Minute Rule Motion Ayes 96, Noes 154 no vote recorded
16 Sep 2025 Sentencing Bill: Second Reading Ayes 340, Noes 77 no vote recorded
16 Sep 2025 Sentencing Bill: Reasoned Amendment on Second Reading Ayes 78, Noes 292 no vote recorded
11 Jul 2025 Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill Report: Amendment 1 Ayes 0, Noes 47 no vote recorded
11 Jul 2025 Motion to sit in private Ayes 1, Noes 58 no vote recorded
4 Jul 2025 Motion to sit in private Ayes 1, Noes 33 no vote recorded
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 Ayes 379, Noes 137 no vote recorded
22 May 2025 Data Use and Access Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 49D Ayes 195, Noes 124 no vote recorded
25 Apr 2025 Closure motion Ayes 12, Noes 50 no vote recorded
25 Apr 2025 Sit in private Ayes 1, Noes 73 no vote recorded
24 Apr 2025 Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill [Lords]: Amendment 2 Ayes 89, Noes 230 no vote recorded
24 Apr 2025 Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill [Lords]: New Clause 3 Ayes 88, Noes 212 no vote recorded
7 Mar 2025 Motion to sit in private Ayes 1, Noes 75 no vote recorded
24 Jan 2025 Motion to adjourn debate Ayes 120, Noes 7 no vote recorded
6 Dec 2024 Motion to sit in private Ayes 1, Noes 49 no vote recorded
3 Dec 2024 Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion Ayes 138, Noes 136 no vote recorded
Showing all 38

Covers 9 Mar 2016 to 11 Sep 2026 — Parliament’s votes data doesn’t go back further. “No vote recorded” is Parliament’s own list of members with nothing recorded for that division: it can mean absent, deliberately abstaining, paired, or excused, and the data doesn’t say which. Click a division title for Parliament’s own page for it.

Government & opposition roles

No government or shadow front-bench post on file for Sojan Joseph — most MPs never hold one, so this is the normal state for a backbencher, not a gap in the data.

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Sojan Joseph →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Tutors Valley music academy
Address of donor: Tutors valley Ltd, 142 Cromwell Road, London SW7 4EF
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets only for Mohan Lal Indian music show at Ovo Arena Wembley. Each ticket was worth £200, value £400
Date received: 27 June 2026
Date accepted: 27 June 2026
Donor status: company, registration 09920668
(Registered 13 July 2026)

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: Be Friends Switzerland
Address of donor: Post Fach 10, 8126 Zumikon, ZH Switzerland.
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights(£353), accommodation (£195), local transport (£111) and meals (£83), value £742
Destination of visit: Switzerland (Zurich)
Dates of visit: 5 September 2025 to 6 September 2025
Purpose of visit: To speak in their Kerela community Onam celebration organised by the Be Friends Switzerland.
(Registered 8 September 2025)

Name of donor: Results UK
Address of donor: DC-207, Clarence Centre for Enterprise and Innovation, 6 St George's Circus, London SE1 6FE, UK
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights, hotel, travel to and from airport and meetings and subsistence, value £745.36
Destination of visit: Switzerland (Geneva)
Dates of visit: 8 October 2025 to 9 October 2025
Purpose of visit: Member of delegation of MPs who chair global health related APPGs to meet with global institutions that are working to end TB, malaria and HIV, improve immunisation coverage, and protect child health.
(Registered 22 October 2025)

Health & social care

Name of donor: Armed Forces Parliamentary Trust
Address of donor: Armed Forces Parliamentary Trust, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights, value £864.39
Destination of visit: Brunei
Dates of visit: 24 May 2026 to 29 May 2026
Purpose of visit: To undertake a visit as part of the Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme visiting our forces overseas.
(Registered 17 June 2026)

6. Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year

Type of land/property: Residential property (House)
Number of properties: 1
Location: Onamthuruthu, Kottayam, Kerala, India
(Registered 26 July 2024)

8. Miscellaneous

Appointed as honorary vice chair of the Catholic Union of Great Britain. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 4 November 2025
(Registered 9 December 2025)

Appointed as honorary executive committee member of the Jeevan Trust UK. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 20 June 2026
(Registered 13 July 2026)

Written questions to government

No written questions on file for Sojan Joseph yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Sojan Joseph has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£174,979.48 paid out to or for Sojan Joseph across 202 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Sojan Joseph’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

By category
Staffing — £124,306.48 (2 claims)
Office Costs — £26,775.82 (162 claims)
Accommodation — £18,055.34 (26 claims)
MP Travel — £3,817.10 (4 claims)
Staff Travel — £1,732.44 (7 claims)
Dependant Travel — £292.30 (1 claim)
Most recent claims
Utilities — £152.76, 2026-04-09 — Electricity
Stationery & printing — £203.82, 2026-03-25 — XMA March 2026
Stationery & printing — £203.82, 2026-03-23 — XMA March 2026
Stationery & printing — £165.90, 2026-03-23 — XMA March 2026
Stationery & printing — £165.90, 2026-03-23 — XMA March 2026
Utilities — £236.81, 2026-03-21 — Electricity
Stationery & printing — £203.82, 2026-03-19 — XMA March 2026
Stationery & printing — £203.82, 2026-03-19 — XMA March 2026

Every claim on file for Sojan Joseph →

Early Day Motions

Sojan Joseph has tabled 2 Early Day Motions on file (as primary sponsor), drawing 22 sponsor signatures in total across them. This only counts motions Sojan Joseph personally tabled — not motions Sojan Joseph may have added their name to as a supporter, which this data source doesn’t track per MP. See Early Day Motions for what this does and doesn’t cover.

Most recent tabled
Operation Brock — tabled 2026-07-13, 2 sponsors
Mental Health Awareness Week 2026 — tabled 2026-05-13, 20 sponsors

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Sojan Joseph is a listed officer of 3 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.

Adult Social Care All-Party Parliamentary Group — Chair & Registered Contact
Declared funding: Healthcomms Consulting Ltd (part of the PLMR Group) (£67,501-69,000).
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Global Tuberculosis — Chair & Registered Contact
Declared funding: Results UK (£3,001-4,500).
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Mental Health — Chair & Registered Contact
Declared funding: The Royal College of Psychiatrists (£6,001-7,500); Rethink Mental Illness (£6,001-7,500).
Who funds these groups

Biggest declared funder across these groups: Healthcomms Consulting Ltd (part of the PLMR Group) — about £68,250.50 across 1 group (Adult Social Care All-Party Parliamentary Group).

Healthcomms Consulting Ltd (part of the PLMR Group) — about £68,250.50, 1 group
Rethink Mental Illness — about £6,750.50, 1 group
The Royal College of Psychiatrists — about £6,750.50, 1 group
Results UK — about £3,750.50, 1 group

Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Sojan Joseph personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Sojan Joseph is a listed officer of — ordinary members aren’t published. Amounts are Parliament’s own figures; where it gave a banded range the midpoint is used, so totals are approximate. Funders are grouped by name, so the same organisation spelled very differently may appear twice.

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